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Wrestlers
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community
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Heather Mills
The Clackamas Print
the Navy and Scarlet match.
C lackam as
Com m unity
College’s wrestling team host
ed the 29th annual Takedown
Tournament on Oct. 27 in
Randall Hall. The event gener
ated funds for the Cougar wres
tling team, while also helping
with awareness and connectivity
within the community. The tour
nament had a decent turnout this
year, with competitors ranging
from 4 years old to over 50.
Open to anyone who wanted
to wrestle, entry fee was $20.
The tournament is a great oppor
tunity for people interested to
get involved with college wres
tling, and for many wrestlers to
practice their skills by teaching
others for the first time.
Shane Yacuta, a redshirt
freshman from Porterville,
Calif., was one of the volunteers
for the clinic that is held before
the competition.
“It was nice,” said Yacuta.
“It was fun to show the youth
wrestlers, what it’s like in college
wrestling.”
For many of the wrestlers,
one of the main joys of the clinic
was working with the elementa
ry-age kids.
“It’s nice showing little kids
how to wrestle,” said Yacuta.
Those who were not able’to
participate in coaching at the
clinic got the chance to help out
at a fall carnival for children,
hosted by Redland Elementary
School. CCC wrestlers helped
run game booths, judge cos
tume contests, distribute prizes
(mostly in candy form), and gen
erally help entertain the kids.
A sort of pre-kick off to the
season, the Navy and Scarlet
intra-squad wrestling tourna
ment matches were held on Oct.
25 at Randall Hall. The wrestlers
handled performing in an offi
cial tournament-like environ
ment.
Palmer, a freshman from
Milford, Penn., performed well
at the event. Palmer said that he
feels the tournament was good
practice for real competitions
later on.
“It was like getting the feel
ing of the match, mentally pre
paring for all that,” said Palmer.
More than 200 people were
able to view the event live
through an online streaming.
The link to the video is avail
able on the CCC wrestling’s
Facebook page.
“We’re really happy with
the way the guys competed,”
says Josh Rhoden, who is in
his seventh year as head coach.
“Obviously, as a coach, you’re
nit-picky So it’s to try and find
the things that we need to take
are divided into two teams, with
the assistant coaches Bret Born
and Rich Vigorito, each taking
charge of one side.
The competition was very
intense this year and the turnout
very good. Navy and Scarlet were
back and forth for most of the
match, with Navy taking a tight
win, 28-27. It was Vigorito’s first
coaching victory against Bom in
the Navy and Scarlet match.
Some stand-outs from the
night included: CJ Palmer,
Cody Allala, Richard Black,
Steve Conn, and Trent Noon.
Noon solidified N avy’s vic
tory with his technical fall in
the 174 pound weight class.
The tournament was very
tight this year, with the results
helping to determine who was
going to be starting for each
weight class. Also, it is impor
tant to see how each wrestler
care of in practice this week to
get ready for next weekend.”
Clackamas has its first offi
cial match of the wrestling sea
son against Highline on Nov.
10, at 6 p.m. in Randall Hall.
The following day CCC wres
tlers have their first away match,
the Mike Clock Open in Forest
Grove. Rhoden is determined
and confident in their chances
for the rest of the season as. the
Cougars are ranked third nation
ally in pre-season rankings.
CCC Wrestling Saturday
Come support CCC
wrestlers as they take
on Highline CC in
Randall Gym at 6p.m.
Beavers and Ducks set for epic showdown
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
College football fans in
Oregon have been treated to an
amazing season this year as the
Oregon Ducks and Oregon State
Beavers are both highly ranked
in the current BCS standings.
Undefeated Oregon (9-0) cur
rently sits at No. 3 after jumping
past Notre Dame this weekend,
while the one-loss Beavers (7-1)
are ranked No. 11.
The Ducks and Beavers are set
to meet in the 116th Civil War in
Corvallis on Nov. 24, with a pos
sible north division title and berth
in the Pac-12 championship game
on the line.
Oregon continues to put up
video game numbers on a weekly
basis, while the Beavers shook
off some injuries to rebound with
a close win against Arizona State
after the first loss of the season
last week against Washington.
Oregon is coming off a record
setting performance in its 62-51
win over USC on Saturday. The
Ducks gained more yards (730)
and scored more points (62). than
any opponent in USC football
history, a history that dates back
to 1888. Running back Kenjon
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• Horse Racing:
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Wednesday,
Saturday, Sunday
THURSDAYS
• NBA:
L.À.Clippers at
Portland
7:30 p.m.
on TNT
Barner scorched the Trojans for
321 yards on the ground, another
all-time record for a USC foe.
Freshman quarterback Marcus
Mariota had his best game of the
season, throwing for four touch
down passes with no intercep
tions against a USC defense that
had more interceptions (15) than
touchdowns allowed (12) coming
into the game. Mariota added 95
yards rushing on 15 carries in
the most complete game of his
career.
Senior wide receiver Josh
Huff had his most impressive
game - of the season with six
catches for 125 yards and two
touchdowns. Huff’s emergence
gives the Ducks another big-time
playmaker in its devastatingly
effective offense.
The Ducks have now won
14 straight road games, the lon
gest current streak in the nation.
Oregon also holds the longest
streak in the nation with 30 or
more points in 22 straight games.
The Ducks 12 straight wins in
FBS is second nationally to No.
1 ranked Alabama’s 13 in a row.
An Oregon and Alabama match
up is what most fans want to see,
but first Oregon must take care
of business in a tough three-game
stretch to end the season.
Oregon travels to Berkeley this
weekend to take on California,
before coming home to face
No. 14 Stanford on Nov. 17. If
the Ducks can win those two
games, it will set up an epic Civil
War game against Oregon State
that will have national champion-
FRIDAY-11/9
• CCC Men’s
Basketball: ,
Scrimmage vs.
Alumni, 7 p.m. in
Randall Gym
ship implications.
Oregon State must travel
to face Stanford this weekend,
before returning home to host
California and then the Ducks.
The Beavers won 36-26 at home
over Arizona State this weekend
despite missing defensive star
Jordan Poyer, who was out with
a knee injury.
The B eavers-got a career
night out of third-string sopho
more tailback Terron Ward, as
he rushed for a career high 146
yards when starter Storm Woods
was deemed unable to go. Despite
some early mishaps that had the
Beavers down 19-10, new start
ing quarterback Cody Vaz played
solid for the final three quar
ters, throwing three touchdowns
against one interception.
With a solid defense,
SUNDAY-11/11
SATURDAY-11/10
• CCC Women’s
Soccer: Quarterfinal
game at OCHS Pioneer
Stadium, 7 p.m.
• CCC Cross
Country: nwaacc
Championships at Ptantes
Ferry Park, Spokane Wash.
11 am .
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• CCC Wrestling:
Saturday at 6 pm
vs Highline CC at
Randall Gym.
Sunday at Mike
Clock Open in Forest
Grove, at 9 a.m.
running game and explosive
wideouts Brandin Cooks and
Markus Wheaton, if the Beavers
get solid play out of the quar
terback position they can beat
any team in the country. If the
Beavers win out, they will win
the Pac-12 north division title
and shut the rival Ducks out of a
possible national championship
appearance.
The Beavers will have home
field advantage in the Civil War,
but it may not matter. Nobody
has stopped Oregon’s offense
yet and it looks like the only
ones that can even slow them
down are themselves. Let’s hope
both' teams can win out, so that
the eyes of the college football
world will be squarely focused
on Corvallis’ Reser Stadium on
Nov. 24.
MONDAY-11/12
TUESDAY-11/13
• Randall
Fitness Center:
• Randall Fitness
Center: TU/TH -
8:30-10 a.m., 1-6
p.m. - downstairs in
Randall
12 - 8 p.m.
• Wednesday
8:30-10 a.m., and
1 - 8 p.m.